Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut

33 reviews

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, and War

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, Antisemitism, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Excrement, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Murder

joensign's review against another edition

challenging dark funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Fatphobia, Gore, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual content, and Xenophobia

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Excrement

danieldolinsky's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

This was a very challenging book at first, but once I got into it, I couldn’t stop reading it. It was written and styled in such a way I had never read before. Incredibly intriguing!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War

Moderate: Gore

alexandra_skl's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.75

A fantastic and thought provoking book that serves as a master class in how to write a chilling and engaging anti war story

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Antisemitism, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

sunny_not's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

hanakograce's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Sexual content, Blood, Excrement, Antisemitism, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, War, and Injury/Injury detail

dominic_caudill's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

But did anyone ever consider: war is bad?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Violence, and War

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Medical trauma

fruitysaz's review against another edition

challenging dark funny reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

it’s time for my favourite game: time travel or severely debilitating ptsd! you decide!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Violence, Grief, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, and Medical trauma

Minor: Drug use, Excrement, Medical content, and Fire/Fire injury

pixiecaps's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective slow-paced

5.0

the comfort in this novels absurdity is unparalleled. 

the novels able to share an extremely tragic and dark story while simultaneously cracking jokes and making the weight of the book feel so light. a must read for those who appreciate more reflective historical pieces with some nice sci fi. 

“You’ll pretend you were men instead of babies, you’ll be played in the movies by Frank Sinatra and John Wayne or some other glamorous, war loving, dirty old men. And war will look just wonderful, so we’ll have a lot more of them. And they’ll be fought by babies like the babies upstairs.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Violence, and Murder

laval's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Most of my warning come from the fact that this takes place during World War Two. A bombing is an event of the book, which I would not consider as it is mentioned within the first few pages of the book. So just be cautious as any events that make you upset about wwii is most likely in here.